Showing results for "Passing" in Historical

Light-skinned Black woman Irene Redfield encounters an old childhood friend - Clare - who is now "passing" as a White woman. Clare is married to a racist White man, who doesn't know she has African American blood. In spite of the danger of being found out by her husband and society at large, she finds herself helplessly drawn to Irene's world.

This novel provides a fascinating look into life in late 14th-century England, the women and men Chaucer loves, the intrigues of the Richardian court, and what compels someone who holds some of the most important jobs in the English bureaucracy to spend his nights writing poetry that is still being read and studied 600 years after his death.

When stylish young bibliophile Julia Kydd returns to 1920s New York, she’s determined to launch her own private press. Julia’s aspirations take her into the heart of the Harlem Renaissance, a literary movement unlike any she’s known - where notions of race, sexuality, and power are slippery, and identities can be deceptively fluid.

This audiobook tells the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. It begins with Sir Geraint, whose exploits corrected the wrongs of an earldom. Then the narrative shows how the Holy Grail was achieved by Sir Galahad, the son of Sir Launcelot. Finally, this audiobook portrays the final days of King Arthur’s life, and how after doing battle for his crown, he was slain.

Professional ballerina Thea Ross’s world shatters when her screen-legend father commits suicide, leaving behind a shocking confession to a decades-old murder. Determined to uncover the truth, Thea teams up with a relentless journalist, following a trail of clues that leads her back to the glittering yet treacherous world of 1930s Hollywood. There, she discovers the story of Lorelei Davies, a struggling actress willing to endure anything for her family’s sake.

年羹尧赐死，隆科多圈禁，但八爷党余威未尽。王府密议，欲借铁帽子王逼雍正逊位；乾清宫内，唇枪舌战，风浪迭起。一边是赫赫天威，雍正严惩骨肉众兄弟，一边是缠绵缱绻，强留酷似旧情人的弟媳…… 年羹堯賜死，隆科多圈禁，但八爺黨餘威未盡。王府密議，欲借鐵帽子王逼雍正遜位；乾清宮內，唇槍舌戰，風浪迭起。一邊是赫赫天威，雍正嚴懲骨肉眾兄弟，一邊是纏綿繾綣，強留酷似舊情人的弟媳……